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Government must follow due process when taking private land; compensation limited to land actually taken.

Supreme Court rejects curfew challenge because the issue was not raised in lower courts first.

Court gave AG more time to file response in JSC commissioner nomination challenge.

You can withdraw a Supreme Court case before judgment, but you must pay the other side's costs.

Only government entities can seek Supreme Court advisory opinions; individuals cannot.

Supreme Court can only review its own rulings in four very narrow situations.

Supreme Court struck out Kenya Breweries' appeal for lacking specific reliefs and missing court documents.

Supreme Court allows foreign professors to file legal briefs on constitutional amendments.

Supreme Court dismissed recusal bid for lack of evidence; judges must hear public interest cases.

Supreme Court dismisses PNU's bid to join constitutional case for lacking a distinct personal interest.

Supreme Court allows Professor Migai Akech as amicus curiae, but only for written submissions.

Supreme Court allows foreign professors to submit written arguments on constitutional amendment case.

Supreme Court allows scholars to file briefs on constitutional amendment limits.

Court merges three related election petitions to save time and costs.

Supreme Court cannot hear appeals from Court of Appeal interim rulings before the main appeal is decided.

DPP, not Attorney General, has sole power to handle extradition cases in Kenya.

Supreme Court rules employers must accommodate disabled employees and follow fair procedure before dismissal.

You cannot keep re-litigating the same case after courts have finally decided it.

Courts can bar a governor from office while on bail for corruption without it being removal.

Supreme Court lacks jurisdiction to hear arbitration appeals, reinforcing finality in arbitration disputes.

Supreme Court can review Court of Appeal's refusal to let a case proceed to it.

Supreme Court rejects bid to add new evidence after 10-year delay, upholding earlier rulings.

Supreme Court cannot review its own rulings unless there is fraud, nullity, or similar exceptional grounds.

Supreme Court blocks Privacy International from joining case due to lack of impartiality.

Supreme Court can hear appeals based on laws that directly enforce constitutional values.